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Artist Asit Sarkar from West Bengal is exhibiting his recent collection of paintings in the city. The images are romantic and filled with gaiety and abandon. His paintings are about passion, fantasy and freedom, leaving the viewer involved and intrigued. His figurative style is deeply rooted in the tradition of contemporary art from West Bengal. A narrative style that is self-explanatory will appeal to the viewers. As the theme is derived from mythology the paintings have a touch of romance and folk...

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NEW DELHI: Joining hands to raise funds for old and deprived sections of society, eminent artists will share their canvas with politicians, industrialists, actors and people from everyday walks life. Kick-starting the India on canvas initiative on Monday, minister of state for women and child development Renuka Chowdhary gave colourful strokes to a painting by artist Jayshree Burman. Sharing the canvas with Ms Burman, Ms Chowdhary said, "I am excited about lending my...

CHENNAI: Art as an investment may have caught the fancy of many but here is the latest buzz. An artist is using yoga techniques to capture the impressions on canvas. What started as an exercise to control mind and body led the artist to yogic painting. From doing abstracts, he made the innovative shift as he felt the need to communicate and portray originality. "I wanted to show the experience result of yoga on the canvas," Mr C Krishnaswamy, who hails from Chinnasalem in Tamil...

MUMBAI: Renowned artist Tyeb Mehta's untitled canvas depicting a falling bull today got sold for a whopping Rs 15 crore at the second edition of Indian art auction held by the Christie's here today. The Mehta canvas, dating back to 1999, for which the Christie's was expecting a maximum price of Rs 12 crore, got picked up through an online bid from New York. The identity of the buyer was not revealed. The auction began 7 PM today at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Bidding...

NEW DELHI: Vodafone India, the country's No. 2 mobile phone company, said it will offer free data usage of up to 2GB for buyers of Micromax Canvas Knight 3G Smartphone who aren't active data users. The offer is initially available on the Canvas Knight, and would be extended to a wider portfolio of Micromax devices, the two companies said in a joint statement. "Vodafone's focus is to increase consumer data adoption and along-with Micromax's ...

KOLKATA: Christie's is coming up with a South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art sale in London on June 10. The auction will feature roughly 100 works, which include celebrated artists of the modern and contemporary art genres. Attractive estimates cross the spectrum of styles and key names offered. These estimated values range between ?1,000 and ?600,000. Among the highlights of Modern works is a FN Souza Untitled (The Church), which has come from the collection of an European baroness.

KOLKATA: He may well fritter away precious years in a lonely prison cell. But Munnabhai is being captured on canvas, perhaps for posterity. Delhi-based portrait and figurative artist Anjanna Kuthiala is working on a series on the troubled star whose life is shaded in dark, grey and resplendent white. The painter had first planned this project back in 1995. But, it did not materialise for "some reasons". After observing Sanjay Dutt's chequered life all these...

NEW DELHI: Homegrown handset maker Micromax today announced its foray into the Russian market with the launch of Canvas and Bolt range of mobile phones. Micromax will launch 14 products in the Russian market in the initial phase and operate through a partnership with VVP Group, a leading distribution house in Russia, it said in a statement. "With a focus on democratising technologies for the masses, we aim to have an aggressive plan to...

KOLKATA: It's photography on canvas and it's the second edition that unfolded recently at the Emami-Chisel Art gallery . The photographer or artist: Sumantra Banerjee, managing director of CESC Ltd. Banerjee had brought home his first show of this art form in November 2009 at the same venue. The second show was titled Dream on Canvas and was open for viewing from January 13-15. "The difference this time is that we have done bigger canvases. Mounted at the...

Micromax Informatics, India's second largest handset maker, launched its first set of Windows 8.1 devices Monday, marking it's entry into a second operating system, four months after it announced a partnership with Microsoft. Micromax Chairman Sanjay Kapoor says that attractive price points will be able to pull customers who will appreciate the device performance and quality. Edited excerpts: Q. Which devices have been launched today?...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Drawing inspiration from the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the district administration in Kerala capital is getting ready to turn the walls of public buildings here into canvas for artists. Authorities have drawn up a plan to paint beautiful pictures on the walls of the city buildings, mostly the government offices, with the help of artists. The project is also meant to preserve the traditional charm of the city, the walls of whose buildings are...

Sony Xperia M2 Dual: Sony has added another dual SIM Android smartphone to its portfolio with the Xperia M2 Dual. The phone has a 4.8-inch TFT display (960 x 540 pixels) and runs Android 4.3. It is powered by a 1.2Ghz quad core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB RAM, Adreno 305 graphics and has 8GB storage (expandable, supports up to 32GB). It weighs 148 grams and has a 8MP rear camera with Exmor R sensor that does full HD video recording. Other features...

Price: Rs 19,999 NEW DELHI: Devices based on MediaTek's 'true' octa core processor have already launched and Micromax is the third vendor to offer it after Intex and WickedLeak. We think that the new Canvas Knight is the best looking Micromax phone till date. It has a very premium feel with a design that borrows heavily from Apple's iPhone 5. The Knight has a 5-inch, pin-sharp full HD display with great viewing angles and vibrant colours. The glossy rear panel attracts a lot of...

MUMBAI: Renowned artist Tyeb Mehta's untitled canvas depicting a falling bull today got sold for a whopping Rs 15 crore at the second edition of Indian art auction held by the Christie's here today. The Mehta canvas, dating back to 1999, for which the Christie's was expecting a maximum price of Rs 12 crore, got picked up through an online bid from New York. The identity of the buyer was not revealed. The auction began 7 PM today at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Bidding...

If you thought painting a canvas was a delicate job that required only nimble fingers and a flight of creative fancy, meet Jagannath Paul . The 36-year-old, Kolkata-based painter loses skin of his fingertips trying to make charcoal stick to the canvas before his brush takes charge. "Charcoal on paper is easy but on a canvas it comes off easily. So one has to use his fingers and rub it in," says the unassuming painter, showing the tender new...

NEW DELHI: Domestic handset firm Micromax on Wednesday launched its first octa-core smartphone 'Canvas Knight' for Rs 19,999, which will be sold only through its website. The device has a MediaTek 2GHz tru octa-core processor with 2GB RAM and has a 5-inch full high definition display. "Canvas Knight is another milestone for Micromax to bring the best combination of technology, style and affordability for the masses," Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma said in a...

PUNE: After meeting with representatives of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and communication with the Ministry of Human Resources Development by PETA India and MP Maneka Gandhi , the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has sent an advisory to all its 18,000 affiliated schools across India strongly urging them to implement a policy that bans students and staff members from wearing leather shoes in favour of animal- and Earth-friendly canvas...